Geo Pakistan May 25

Two dead, 18 injured in Peshawar suicide blast

Updated at: 0644 PST,  Wednesday, May 25, 2011  PESHAWAR: Two policemen were killed and 18 others including eight police officials were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle into CID police station at University Road in the wee hours of Wednesday, Geo News reported. Relief and rescue teams have rushed to the site and initiated their work. The injured are being shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital and Lady Reading Hospital. It is said that the blast was heard across Peshawar city. Windowpanes of the nearby buildings were smashed into pieces in the blast. Security forces have cordoned off the area.